Sec of State Kerry breaks a leg bike riding….

Today while riding in Switzerland, he feel after hitting a curb while riding….

He was airlifted to a hospital for intial treatment and is flying back to Boston to recoup….

US Secretary of State John Kerry broke his leg in a bicycle crash Sunday, apparently after hitting a curb, and scrapped the rest of a four-nation trip that included an international conference on combating the Islamic State group.

Kerry was in stable condition and in good spirits as he prepared to return to Boston for further treatment with the doctor who previously operated on his hip, USState Department spokesman John Kirby said. He said X-rays at a Swiss hospital confirmed that Kerry fractured his right femur.

‘‘The secretary is stable and never lost consciousness, his injury is not life-threatening and he is expected to make a full recovery,’’ Kirby said in a statement.

Kerry, 71, was taken by helicopter to Geneva’s main medical center, HUG, after apparently hitting a curb with his bike near Scionzier, France, about 40 kilometers southeast of the Swiss border….